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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2014, Vol. 50 ›› Issue (8): 7-14.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.20140802

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Seasonal Dynamics of Soil Respiration and Its Affecting Factors in Subtropical Mytilaria laosensis and Cunninghamia lanceolata Plantations

Yu Zaipeng1,2, Huang Zhiqun1,2, Wang Minhuang1,2, Hu Zhenhong1,2, Wan Xiaohua1,2, Liu Ruiqiang1,2, Zheng Lujia1,2   

  1. 1. Cultivation Base of State Key Laboratory of Humid Subtropical Mountain Ecology Fuzhou 350007;
    2. College of Geographical Science, Fujian Normal University Fuzhou 350007
  • Received:2013-05-15 Revised:2014-06-20 Online:2014-08-25 Published:2014-07-31
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Abstract:

We investigated monthly soil respiration (Rs) and the affecting factors under 19-year-old Mytilaria laosensis and Cunninghamia lanceolata plantations replanted in a C. lanceolata woodland slash in subtropical China. The results showed that the average annual Rs rates were 2.95 μmol CO2·m-2 s-1 under M. laosensis plantations and 2.37 μmol CO2·m-2 s-1 under C. lanceolata plantations. The Q10 value was 1.83 under M. laosensis plantations, which was significantly lower than 1.99 under C. lanceolata plantations. The Rs rates exhibited distinct seasonal patterns under both M. laosensis plantations and C. lanceolata plantations and were dominantly controlled by the soil temperature, accounting for 77.0% and 81.6% of monthly variation, respectively. Linear regression analysis showed that Rs was significantly correlated with annual litter biomass, fine root biomass, soil organic carbon content, light fraction organic carbon content, microbial biomass carbon concentration and dissolved organic carbon concentration (P<0.05). Stepwise regression analysis showed that litter biomass and microbial biomass carbon concentration were the most important affecting factors of Rs. Our results suggest that differences of Rs in different vegetation types may be attributed to the variations in the quantity and quality of litter input and the soil microbial biomass.

Key words: Cunninghamia lanceolata, Mytilaria laosensis, soil respiration, soil labile organic carbon, tree species

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